Newbie Game EA (Running)

FrankTrollman · #1 November 28th, 2006, 11:14 PM

Heh. This has come up so much this turn that rather than putting it into individual replies, I'm going to spam the whole thread with it:

The times for Tien Chi are too desperate to make change.

Yes, we can make the Arc (barely), or the Boots of Anteus, or The Black Mirror, or The Aegis - but we can't use gems from one category to pay for construction in another. While we are perfectly happy to build someone the Scepter of Dark Regency, we can't make it with Nature Gems. While we are ready and able to make the Aegis and send it on its way, we cannot do that with Water Gems.

We are Tien Chi. We can use any kind of gem we have. We are using every gem we have to maintain our borders and crush our enemies in the field. When we get Earth Gems, we make more Mechanical Men and put more Earth Boots on Masters of the Five Elements so that more of our heroes can spam Blade Winds and Magma Erruptions. When we get Water Gems they go into armies of Naiads and Bottles of Living Water. Our engine of war grinds against the slick oil of magical power and we don't have any reserves.

What few gems we have left over are being turned into magical artifacts for our own use (such as Winterbringer: have fun with that Sauromatia :kiss: ). While it is very true that in a very real sense it is a net profit to get 20 Fire Gems for the Twin Spear, in a much more important way it's not. We don't have spare gems to make items from one category to get ahead in the big picture.

What we can do is to take payment in another type of gem. We can make the Arc with 40 Astral and 40 Fire, and then take payment as 80 gems of any other type (even mixed types). But we actually do need those 40 Fire and 40 Astral in order to make the Arc in the first place.

The Great Catsby has Spoken.

Lion69 · #2 November 29th, 2006, 12:35 AM

I have been eliminated

This was my first MP game of Dominions

I had a good time, despit ethe whipping I took

Thanks for putting up with me

Phil

Kydorias · #3 November 29th, 2006, 01:34 AM

Take care Phil. Although I didn't get a chance to interact with you in game, I think its honorable that you played to the very last.

Good luck and I hope to see you in the next game!

--Kydorias

Saarud · #4 November 29th, 2006, 01:48 AM

ic: The combined forces of Maverni and Atlanteans has finally broken through the mighty Agarthans defences. As the peaceful Agartha prepares for a final stand inside their fortresses warnings are sent out to the outher nations of this world. Now Atlantis and Maverni will gather their forces against someone else... that might be you.

ooc: This game has been a blast. As this was my first MP game I made alot of mistake but in the end the skill of the Maverni player Xox and the Atlantis player Darrel was far better than mine. I salute you... but you still has to take my fortresses. I will not make it easy for you guys.

Sir_Dr_D · #5 November 29th, 2006, 03:51 AM

Saarud

The fact that it took two of us to slowly defeat you, says a lot. And I thought you played really well. There was five times that the armies of Atlantis and Agartha fought.

The first time. We an army that i was sure could crush you. I carfeully gathered information on your troops, and compared them to mine. COnfident in victory I attacked, and what happened. You surprised me with 100+ magma children. I managed to win, but barely. That attack really devested me. I had to retreat out of that province after.

The second time I was prepared for fire elementals. I had the rain spell, commanders out front with fire resitance rings, and about 8 mages. And you wiped me out with earth elementals. And the way you had most of your troops in the back with the hold order, and the few fire elementals you had out front, caused all my scripted spells to be wasted on the fire elementals.

3rd time you attacked me and pushed me back out into the sea, which was smart. You atatcked before I was ready.I had a dumb setup there to. Telling my troops to hold while the PD attacks the enemy first might be a good strategy in the water. Against blade wind it is bad.

4th and 5th. Well this time I waited till I got a big enough , and you had already been weakend. And yeah, this time I was ready for you.

And congradualtions for planning to stand firm to the end. You are a most noble opponent.

Atlantis

llamabeast · #6 November 29th, 2006, 08:06 AM

So, if T'ien Ch'i is still fighting on multiple fronts - who is he fighting?

Catsby, I could never honourably accept peace while you were at war with my allies, Arcoscephale and Helheim. Now, despite my best efforts to distract you and split your forces, you have defeated them. Honour no longer requires me to fight you, so if you have any desire for peace then let the bloodshed end.

On the other hand, I see that my territory represents an obvious route for the expansion of your empire, so I do not hold out much hope for your accepting my offer.

Yours,

Sauromatia.

llamabeast · #7 November 29th, 2006, 08:08 AM

Phil, it was good playing with you. Hopefully we'll play again sometime!

Cheers,

llamabeast

upstreamedge · #8 November 29th, 2006, 02:25 PM

Hi guys, it is oceania here. Sorry I have not been playing but I was away for a couple days

My internet is really slow at college as well so I am having trouble downloading the turns

FrankTrollman · #9 November 29th, 2006, 06:49 PM

If you sent magic gems that arrived this turn, your magic items are being constructed and will be sent next turn.

The Great Catsby has Spoken.

Shovah32 · #10 November 29th, 2006, 06:52 PM

Well done foodstamp, you beat one of my armies. You may or may not have noticed what happened but i honestly believe i could atleast have done far more casualties to you if it wasnt for a certain arrow. The only arrow to hit my only square with 3 mages in it managed to hit my only mage who had a gem scripted to cast flaming arrows

. again, well played my friend.